Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Mark Ryder | ... | Young Alistair - 1975 (as Mark Davison) | |
Diarmuid Noyes | ... | Andy - 1975 | |
Niamh Cusack | ... | Alistair's Mum - 1975 | |
Mathew McElhinney | ... | Stuart - 1975 | |
Conor MacNeill | ... | Dave - 1975 | |
Paul Garrett | ... | Alistair's Dad - 1975 | |
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Kevin O'Neill | ... | Young Joe - 1975 |
Gerard Jordan | ... | Jim - 1975 | |
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Paula McFetridge | ... | Joe's Mum - 1975 |
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Gerry Doherty | ... | Joe's Dad - 1975 |
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Luke O'Reilly | ... | Brother Dan - 1975 |
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Luke McEvoy | ... | Brother John - 1975 |
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Aoibheann Biddle | ... | Sister 1 - 1975 |
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Ruth Matthewson | ... | Sister 2 - 1975 |
Carol Moore | ... | Susan - 1975 |
In February, 1975, in Northern Ireland, seventeen year-old UVF member Alistair Little kills the catholic Jimmy Griffin in his house in Lurgan in front of his younger brother Joe Griffin. Alistair is arrested and imprisoned for twelve years while Joe is blamed by his mother for not saving his brother. Thirty-three years later, a TV promotes the meeting of Alistair and Joe in a house in River Finn, expecting the truth and the reconciliation of the murderer and the victim who actually seeks five minutes of heaven. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
After reading some reviews on this film i was really expecting a lot more than what I got. It felt more like a itv programme than a film.
The film deals with guilt and forgiveness, and shows the harsh reality of how both of these feelings effect people. After a long, dragged out piece of the film the two finally meet and I suppose acceptance from both of them happens where they can both move on.
Before they met i just expected more tension, and it was all a bit of an anti climax.
I suppose it shows that the innocent person can become the more angry and aggressive one out of the two, while the one who committed the murder was full of gulit and remorse for his actions, the victim was very bitter and angry, but the film went to show that meeting actually did them both good and gave them both the release and acceptance to move on with their lifes.